Slicer with adjustable blade



Aug. 30, 1949. c. DODEGGE' SLICER WITH ADJUSTABLE BLADE I Filed Sept.27, 1946 I JNVENTOR.

('qri @Odjg BY [UNITED s'r T Patented Aug. 3Q, 1949 SLICER WITHADJUSTABLE BLADE V Carl Dodegge, Maywood, Ill. 7 Application September27, 1946, Serial No. 699,895

This invention relates ticularly to slicers having a blade which isadjustable to control the thickness of the slice to be cut.

It is the primary object of my invention to construct a slicer which iswell adapted for slicing various articles such as, among other things,fruits, vegetables, or cheese, and which has an adjustable slicer bladeassociated therewith in such a manner that it may easily be set so as tocontrol the thickness of the slices to be cut. 'Various types of slicershave been heretofore known to the art. However, such slicers haveheretofore had several inherent disadvantages such as, for example, thatthey were relatively complicated in construction, and diflicult tooperate. It is an object of my invention to provide a slicer which issimple both in construction and operation, and which may be economicallymanufactured.

Another common disadvantage in slicers heretofore known to the art hasbeen that the thickness of the slice to be cut was controlled by varyingthe angle at which the slicer blade was set, and that in many instancesthe slicer would bind during a slicing operation. It is an object of myinvention to construct a slicer whereinthe slicer blade is associatedtherewith in such a manner that during adjustment thereof the sameangular relationship is maintained between the slicer blade and the bodyof the slicer.

A further object of my invention is to construct a slicer which issturdy and reliable in operation and wherein the blade thereof may bequickly and easily moved to a selected cutting position and firmlysecured therein.

Other and further objects of the present invention will be apparent fromthe following description and claim and are illustrated in theaccompanying drawing which, by way of illustration, shows a preferredembodiment of the present invention and the principle thereof and what Inow consider to be the best mode in which I have contemplated applyingthat principle. Other embodiments of the invention embodying the same orequivalent principle may be used and structural changes may be made asdesired by those skilled in the art without departing from the presentinvention and the purview of the appended claim.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a slicer embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the slicer shown in Fig. 1;

1 Claim.- (01. 146-171) to slicers, and morepar- Q Fig. 3 is a sectionalview taken substantially along the line 3-3 in Fig. l and Fig. 4 is asectional View taken substantially along the line 4-4 inFig. 1.

I For purposes of illustration, my invention is shown in theaccompanying drawings as embodied in a slicer It comprising in general,a base l2, an adjustable slicer-blade supporting "unit l4 and handleslfiand ll.

which 'a slicer-blade 26, having a cutting edge 26a, is connected byscrews 2! or other suitable means. The side members 23 and 24 are spacedapart but are substantially parallel to each other and, when theslicer-blade supporting unit i4 is 'attachedtto the base 12, lieinwardly of, but adjacent to the side walls i9 and 23, respectively,

and support the slicer-blade 26 in a substantially horizontal positionwith the cutting edge 26a thereof positioned adjacent to the table top2|.

.-. Substantially parallel elongated slots29 and 30 are formed in eachof the side members 23 and 24. A pin 3| extends through the side wall 19of the base unit l2 and through the slot 39 in the side member 23, theends of the pin 3| being flattened or otherwise enlarged sufliciently toretain it in position so as to hold the side wall l9 and the side member23 together. In a similar manner the side wall 20 and the side member 24are fastened together by a pin 32 which extends through the side wall 20and the slot 30 formed in the side member 24.

A bolt 34 having an enlarged head, forming a knurled knob 35, extendsthrough the side walls l9 and 20 of the base unit l2 and through theslots 29 formed in the side members 23 and 24 of the slicer-bladesupporting unit M. A nut 31 is threaded onto the other end of the bolt34, opposite the knurled knob 35, and a spacer 38 is loosely mounted onthe bolt 34 between the side members 23 and 24. The end portions of thespacer 38 extend across the slots 29 in the side members 23 and 24 andprovide abutments against which the side members 23 and 24 are pressedwhen the nut 38 is tightened on the bolt 34, the side member 23 beingpressed against the side wall l9 between one end of the spacer 38 andthe knurled knob 35, and the other side member 3 21 being pressedagainst the side wall 20 between the other end portion of the abutment 38 and the nut 31', when the nut 31 is tightened on the bolt 34.

The substantially U-shaped handles l6 and I1 are attached to the base l2by any suitable means such as welding, and project therefrom so thatthey may be easily gripped by the operator during operation of my novelslicer.

In the-operation of my novel sliderlfij th op 10 erator grasps thevegetable or other article to be sliced in one hand and, while holdingthe slicer In by grasping either the handle 16 or the handle 2| adistance corresponding to the thickness of the slice it is desired toout.

The slicer-blade 26 may be adjusted relative to 20 the :table top 2| tothe properposition corresponding to the thickness *of'islice which it is'desired to cutby turning the knurled knob 35 iii-the proper directionso as to unscrewthe bolt'fl from may easily hold during a slicingoperation, and also, that I have provided a slicer which may be easilyadjusted by a simple operation to cut a slice of the desired thicknessfrom an article which is reciprocated back and forth on the table top 2|by the operator.

Hence, while I have illustrated and described the preferred embodimentsof my invention, it is to be understood that these are capable ofvariaticn 'and modification and I therefore do not wish tobeliniitd'to'the precisenetails' setforth, but desire to avail myself ofsuch changes and alterations as fall within the purview of the follow- Iclaim: A slieer comprising two substantially vertically extendingsidewalls, a substantially horizontally extending table top attached tosaid side walls and adalpted to support an article to be sliced, twosubstantially vertically extending side memberspeaoh-mf said-wide-.members ehalvi-ngsa 'iSlOt I formed therein-at an angle to=thexhorizontal and 1thevertieal; means for: releasably .securingsaidside members to said side walls, said means inthe nut 31 and thereby'loosen'the'engagemerit of 'zcludinga1 bolt extendingtthrcugh saidisidewalls the side wall 19 with the side member 23-, and-the engagement ofside wall with the side member 24; and then sliding 'theslicer-bladesupporting unit M on the bolt 34 and the pins 3| and 32 to and *said-:slots-dn said sid':mem'bers,: saidside members being-slidable omsaidbolt. longitudinal ly ohsaid'slots to iadjustedzposition relative tosaid sid wallsnwhen 2 said-means is released new sethe proper positionso as to place the slicer-blade 1 curingmeiationzwith respect tosaidzside members,

'23 in-the pcsiti'on desired; and then, by turning th kniirled kn'ob '35in' the opposite direction, again tightening thenut 31- on the :bolt'34' so :as to again tightly'eng-agethe side members% and 24 'with theside walls l9 and'2fl' respectively;

From the foregoing it willbenot'ed that when the slicer-blade 26adjusted irel-a'tive m fsthe table top z it moves not only in'aiverticaldirection 'ther'etd but also in a longitddinal'direcifion.

This is desirable so that the space-betweenathe cutting edge 26a of theslicer bladeifi and the adjacent edge portion of the tabl'eztopzz 1: 1ways considerably 'larger'than the thickness of the slice which thecutter=blaide -23 is set'tc cut so -th'at binding of theslice'cutdoes-nofloccur I betweenthe cutter blade 26 and-the table tdpll. Also it will be seen from the foregoing that l have provided a novelslicei -which the operator and cam elongated l-slicer blade attached.xtowand car iied by said side memberswin parallel relation tosaid-table 330p. in both longitudinalandtrans verse-directions.-

. CARL-DODEGGE- REFERENCESCITED The following references are of a record'in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS- Number Name Date- 772305 i Hiint Odt.'18,'"1904Pennies rams Niimber Country? Date" 76 525 France b Jan-r5; 1924 33,206"Germany. V i oat-1s,- .1885

